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Many environment and animal welfare organizations provide alerts and suggest actions on a wide range of issues for those who wish to be "online activists." Visit their sites and learn how you can take action online!

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The Hunger Site - Visit everyday!
The shortest path to a healthy global environment is through education. But education about global environmental issues means little to people who are starving. Visit this site, click on the "donate food" button, and each site sponsor will pay for 1/4 cup of food for a starving person. Take a few seconds to click on a sponsor ad also as this encourages businesses to continue supporting the site. Only one click per day counts, so visit once a day everyday and encourage others to do the same! This is the most important click you will make on your computer today!

American Rivers
This national conservation organization is dedicated to protecting and restoring America's river systems and to fostering a river stewardship ethic.

Chernobyl Charity Online Visit everyday!
Make a free donation of medicines for the millions of Chernobyl victims who are seriously ill. Your donation is fully paid for by corporate sponsors so it costs you nothing.

Defenders of Wildlife
Dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities, the group's programs focus on what scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction. Join the Defenders Electronic Network to use their online action center and receive a free bi-weekly e-mail newsletter with tips and ideas for action.

Earth Island Institute
Perhaps best known for organizing the consumer-led boycott resulting in the requirement that all tuna be dolphin-safe, the Institute works to bring "environmental sustainability to all spheres of human activity." You can register for free e-membership to help expand the grassroots network and bolster project campaigns. e-Members will receive IslandWire, a monthly e-mail newsletter that provides periodic updates covering breaking news, views, and urgent actions at Earth Island.

The "Take Action" section provides action alerts on current issues. There is also a list of employment and volunteer opportunities with Earth Island.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
EDF provides many resources in the News You Can Use section on topics regarding the home and garden, recycling, wildlife, offices, schools, global warming, and automobiles. Learn about actions you can take now to help the environment in the What Can I Do to Help? section. Fill in your zip code to learn what's polluting your neighborhood and who's responsible.

Join the Action Network to receive timely updates on issues that need your action. As a frequent e-mail user, you can be part of the Environmental Defense Action Network, a vital force to influence environmental policy in your home state, in Washington, DC, and around the globe. Designed for rapid response when key issues are about to be decided, by signing up, you are committing to weigh in with your opinion at least three times per year.

The Environment Site - Visit Daily!
Visit this site everyday, click the leaf, and sponsors will make a donation to the Environmental Resources Trust (ERT) to reduce global warming. There is no cost to you and no personal information is required.

Friends of Animals, Inc. (FoA)
FOA provides updates and suggests actions on current issues. Get information on FoA's reduced-cost spay-neuter program and learn how to help a veterinarian sign up for the program. FoA will send a 22' by 10' billboard free of charge to individuals or groups able to secure their own billboard space. The two color billboard says "Fix Them or Kill Them- It's your decision" and gives FoA's 1-800 national spay/neuter hotline number.

Fund for Animals
The Fund provides updates and suggests actions on both national and state issues and gives information on how to receive HUMANElines, a weekly electronic alert published by The Fund for Animals and The Humane Society of the United States.

The Gorilla Foundation / Project Koko
The organization is particularly looking for help with fundraising and public relations efforts and they offer lots of ideas about how you can help.

Natural Resources Defense Council
The purpose of NRDC is to safeguard the earth by working to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life and to defend endangered natural places. In the Earth Action Center you'll find tools, tips, and information you need to help protect the earth's natural resources. To stay up-to-date on urgent issues needing your immediate action, join the Earth Activist Network and receive free bi-weekly email alerts.

Predator Conservation Alliance
From prarie dogs to grizzly bears, PCA works to conserve, protect, and restore native predators and their habitats in the Northern Rockies and High Plains. Action alerts provide updates on ecostems issues.

Sierra Club
Take action page provides customizable e-mails on various issues to send officials.

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of 50,000 concerned citizens and scientists across the country. They augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world. They work in the areas of green living, agriculture, arms control, energy, global resources, and transportation.

Fill out a simple online form to join their Action Network and receive information on pivotal issues requiring your action, usually contacting an elected official. Then you can decide whether or not to act.

The Wilderness Society
TWS works to protect American wilderness and to develop a nationwide network of support for wild lands. Through the weekly e-mail newsletter Wild Alerts, TWS provides information on wilderness issues and suggests actions to help preserve wild places.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
In the WWF Conservation Action Network you can set up your own personal action center from which you can send messages online regarding current environmental concerns and projects that WWF features in your "action to do list." WWF also provides action resources such as tips for communicating with decision makers and keeps you updated on results of CAN efforts.